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NEWS
of the Day
- June 28, 2004 |
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on
some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood
activist
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following group of articles from local
newspapers and other sources constitutes but a small percentage
of the information available to the community policing and neighborhood
activist public. It is by no means meant to cover every possible
issue of interest, nor is it meant to convey any particular
point of view ...
We present this simply as a convenience to our readership ...
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From
the LA Times:
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Beating of Black Suspect Puts Bratton's Race Inroads to Test
The televised police beating of a black suspected car thief
last week will test two years of efforts by LAPD Chief William J.
Bratton to win over the city's African Americans.
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For Foster Youths, Grants Fill the Education Gap
A federal program helps students between 14 and 21 make the transition
to self-sufficiency.
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story>
Valley Cityhood Leaders Back Hertzberg for Mayor
Call it the revenge of the secessionists. Two years after Los Angeles
Mayor James K. Hahn headed the campaign that defeated San Fernando
Valley's bid for cityhood, leaders of the breakaway effort are lining
up to back former state Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg to unseat
the incumbent.
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Helping Young Single Mothers -- and the Babies They'll Raise
Through counseling and training, Black Infant Health Program battles
some sobering trends.
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State Residents Favor Inmate Rehab
Most Californians also believe a lack of life skills is a big factor
in recidivism, survey finds.
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EDITORIAL
Let Baca Go to the Voters
Supervisors should guarantee his initiative a place on the ballot.
Public safety is at stake.
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story>
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From
the Daily News:
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Maybe Los Angeles has learned to just all get along
The all-too-eerie similarities raised all-too-familiar fears last
week with the televised coverage of the LAPD arrest and beating
of Stanley Miller in Compton.
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Signature drive aims to keep cross on county seal
With backing from churches, talk-radio hosts and the county Republican
Party, San Fernando Valley activist David R. Hernandez has led a
campaign to give Los Angeles County voters a chance to overrule
the Board of Supervisors and allow a tiny cross to remain on the
county seal.
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City Hall's priorities
Remember last year's fight over the Los Angeles city budget? The
controversy was whether the city could afford to hire some 320 new
cops for the badly understaffed Los Angeles Police Department. Ultimately,
city leaders decided no, it couldn't.
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